Wales team v Scotland

RR1972 wrote: gnasher1975 wrote: I get it head on and you jump over him, fair enough as there is a chance of kicking someone in the face, but that is far from what happened in the instance, mor what Nigel mentioned you can’t jump into a tacklr harsh but right call

RR1972 wrote: roy munster wrote: RR1972 wrote: gnasher1975 wrote: I get it head on and you jump over him, fair enough as there is a chance of kicking someone in the face, but that is far from what happened in the instance, mor what Nigel mentioned you can’t jump into a tacklr harsh but right call Looked like he jumped out of a tackle ....a player can't skip out of an ankle tap ? 😮 not if he is front on like that

But that is the point Nigel made, the tackle has come from the side it is not a man standing head on and the jump was made sideways out of the tackle not into it.

Anscombe was sub optimal. I get why you play him as he has an old head, but (with the exception of the chip for Murray's try) he executed poorly yesterday. Kicks to the corner were always way short. Actually Blair can give it a hoof and would have ben far better.

Tomos getting caught ball watching and Anscombe showing Kinghorn the outside and being gassed were poor from an experience point of view. Mee v VDM isn't a fair match up, but neither are many when it comes to stopping the guy. He will have learnt a lot.

The truth is the Scottish back line are a well drilled unit, with Russell in charge.
When he (and Anscombe)went off it was a different game though. Jarrod got closer to Tomos (I'm being polite b saying that he did that to take it to the line quicker, Tomas was throwing out pies all afternoon).

I think Max Llew looks closer to the right guy at 13 since we had Foxy. not an easy gig.

Start Jarrod, Teddy and Wainwright next up.

GPR - Rochester wrote: Game was over as a contest after 30 minutes. Our back 3 had a difficult day defensively & very poor tackling from Anscombe allowed scores. The first 3 tries were all from missed one on one tackles. Thats just not good enough. Also we were beaten up at the breakdown so the idea of two 7's did not work.  Jac is a monster at defending but he is average at the breakdown so we need to find another way. Faletau was our MOM for me - class is permanent. What was Ben Thomas thinking - just had a man binned and presented with the chance to get it 50 metres downfield & tries instead a kick-pass, Murray tried to salvage the situation & Thomas made a horlicks of it - very poor stuff.  Big test for Sherratt now as his selection for England will show if he is a coach who is swayed by actual performance. My team for England would be if all fit - 15. Murray 14. Rogers 13. Llewelyn 12. Eddie 11. Adams 10. Jarrod 9. Rhodri 1. Smith 2. Lake 3. Assiratti 4. Jenkins 5. Teddy Williams 6. Wainwright 7. Morgan 8. Faletau 16. Dee 17. Thomas 18. Thomas 19. Rowlands 20. Plumtree 21. Bevan 22. Edwards 23. Roberts I suspect both Adams & Rogers may be missing - if so it may be Hathaway & Mee starting.

Edited by Why - 09 March 2025 at 9:33am

Trostre Parc Boy wrote: My team for England 15. Murray 14. Adams 13. Llewelyn 12. Thomas 11. Mee 10. Evans  9. Bevan 8. Faletau  7. Morgan 6. Wainwright  5. T Thomas  4. Jenkins 3. H Thomas 2. Lake 1. G Thomas

Fixed!

VDM really gave Mee a lesson yesterday. Our lack of depth at wing is troubling.

Why wrote: GPR - Rochester wrote: Game was over as a contest after 30 minutes. Our back 3 had a difficult day defensively & very poor tackling from Anscombe allowed scores. The first 3 tries were all from missed one on one tackles. Thats just not good enough. Also we were beaten up at the breakdown so the idea of two 7's did not work.  Jac is a monster at defending but he is average at the breakdown so we need to find another way. Faletau was our MOM for me - class is permanent. What was Ben Thomas thinking - just had a man binned and presented with the chance to get it 50 metres downfield & tries instead a kick-pass, Murray tried to salvage the situation & Thomas made a horlicks of it - very poor stuff.  Big test for Sherratt now as his selection for England will show if he is a coach who is swayed by actual performance. My team for England would be if all fit - 15. Murray 14. Rogers 13. Llewelyn 12. Eddie 11. Adams 10. Jarrod 9. Rhodri 1. Smith 2. Lake 3. Assiratti 4. Jenkins 5. Teddy Williams 6. Wainwright 7. Morgan 8. Faletau 16. Dee 17. Thomas 18. Thomas 19. Rowlands 20. Plumtree 21. Bevan 22. Edwards 23. Roberts I suspect both Adams & Rogers may be missing - if so it may be Hathaway & Mee starting.  He will never drop Tomos Williams because he knows him and all the English press who have fawned over him playing touch rugby all season. (Sorry couldn’t resist) I would start Mee at full back  Llewelyn on wing with Adams Joe and Eddie centres  Jarrod 10 all game  Cawdor plead for one game he can play Faletau  Morgan Wainwright Jenkins Rowlands  Henry Thomas Lake  Gareth Thomas  Reps  WHJ Dee Smith Williams  Thomas  Rhodri Blair Murray (covers whole backline) Harsh on Reffell who I really rate and hope Cubby can talk him round to signing for us but I think we need big forwards for this one.